WYRED4SOUND STP-SE IN HOUSE UPGRADES

Bad move in my opinion. W4S should come out with a completely new model rather than to hot rod an existing model.

Is it in house or is it from Underwood Wally?

I can offer $150 for both stages max.

I couldn't justify a $2k upgrade on a $2k component. Don't get me wrong, I had no problem paying the extra money when I bought my c-j preamp in SE trim. The $500 for Vishays and Teflon caps were well worth it, it sounds great. But if c-j came out with a $2k upgrade I wouldn't even consider it, I would just explore the next new replacement.

Not from Underwood Wally. Different and better upgrade than the one done for Underwood by Chris Johnson. I think the motive here is that during the past six months or so Underwood provided the upgrades without EJ's blessing. Wyred wants to take advantage of the extra cash since Walter is having good results with his upgrades to customers. Joseph796 is correct that they should just come out with a new model. EJ informed me in a phone conversation back in 2011 that Wyred was coming out with a new Reference line with a whole new look and better quality. Where is it? Still waiting. It would've made more sense to invest into the new line rather then buying Spread Spectrum Technologies with their Ambrosia components that look like control panels inside a space ship from a cheap B Sci-Fi movie from 1932.